If you look at the crack on the top right of the stage, and you look closely, there's a glowing eye on a face that seems eerily similar to Metroid Other M's Ridley..am I just seeing things? Or is that really Ridley?
Just wanted to know everyone else's thoughts on this.

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Here's a closer look, courtesy of me.
It doesn't really look like there's anything there, although the pixels around are a little different compared to the rest of the crack. I'd have to say it's a false alarm right now, because there are specks around the same color as that one all over the stage (it's the pyrosphere, so that's probably just molten dust, ash, or lava)

Man, dat hype. Especially with the challenger approaching thing gone, and gamescom happening, I honestly think we'll know if Ridley is playable or not by the end of august. I wouldn't be disappointed if Ridley isn't in, but if he is, I'd jump up and down all day long. Let the wait begin.

If you look at the crack on the top right of the stage, and you look closely, there's a glowing eye on a face that seems eerily similar to Metroid Other M's Ridley..am I just seeing things? Or is that really Ridley?
Just wanted to know everyone else's thoughts on this.

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Here's a closer look, courtesy of me.
It doesn't really look like there's anything there, although the pixels around are a little different compared to the rest of the crack. I'd have to say it's a false alarm right now, because there are specks around the same color as that one all over the stage (it's the pyrosphere, so that's probably just molten dust, ash, or lava)

Man, dat hype. Especially with the challenger approaching thing gone, and gamescom happening, I honestly think we'll know if Ridley is playable or not by the end of august. I wouldn't be disappointed if Ridley isn't in, but if he is, I'd jump up and down all day long. Let the wait begin.

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That's a fair point.

Ridley or not ,I too am hyped for whatever the newcomer will be(so far the newcomers have been great additions). Although it should be noted that Smash Bros. isn't listed as a title Nintendo will show in gamescom, so you may want to lower your hype a tad bit.

Either way, with the challenger approaching banner gone, the hype and wait shall begin...
Oh, and you won't be the only one with a hyper reaction if Ridley is revealed

Ridley or not ,I too am hyped for whatever the newcomer will be(so far the newcomers have been great additions). Although it should be noted that Smash Bros. isn't listed as a title Nintendo will show in gamescom, so you may want to lower your hype a tad bit.

Either way, with the challenger approaching banner gone, the hype and wait shall begin...
Oh, and you won't be the only one with a hyper reaction if Ridley is revealed

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Without the challenger approaching banner there, chances are we might see multiple announcements within the same months.

Something to consider was that Ridley is a part of that group with K Rool, Mewtwo, Palutena, Chrom, Little Mac, ect. of characters most people expected and wanted for Smash 4. A deconfirmation of Ridley would give me a lot more doubt on some of these characters.

If you look at the crack on the top right of the stage, and you look closely, there's a glowing eye on a face that seems eerily similar to Metroid Other M's Ridley..am I just seeing things? Or is that really Ridley?
Just wanted to know everyone else's thoughts on this.

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Here's a closer look, courtesy of me.
It doesn't really look like there's anything there, although the pixels around are a little different compared to the rest of the crack. I'd have to say it's a false alarm right now, because there are specks around the same color as that one all over the stage (it's the pyrosphere, so that's probably just molten dust, ash, or lava)

Man, dat hype. Especially with the challenger approaching thing gone, and gamescom happening, I honestly think we'll know if Ridley is playable or not by the end of august. I wouldn't be disappointed if Ridley isn't in, but if he is, I'd jump up and down all day long. Let the wait begin.

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That's a fair point.

Ridley or not ,I too am hyped for whatever the newcomer will be(so far the newcomers have been great additions). Although it should be noted that Smash Bros. isn't listed as a title Nintendo will show in gamescom, so you may want to lower your hype a tad bit.

Either way, with the challenger approaching banner gone, the hype and wait shall begin...
Oh, and you won't be the only one with a hyper reaction if Ridley is revealed

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I know it's not listed, but that doesn't mean they can't show off a newcomer trailer. And they never said that Smash Bros. won't appear at gamescom... Anyways, I agree with you. I love all 3 of the newcomers so far, lets hope this trend continues.

Something to consider was that Ridley is a part of that group with K Rool, Mewtwo, Palutena, Chrom, Little Mac, ect. of characters most people expected and wanted for Smash 4. A deconfirmation of Ridley would give me a lot more doubt on some of these characters.

Ridley or not ,I too am hyped for whatever the newcomer will be(so far the newcomers have been great additions). Although it should be noted that Smash Bros. isn't listed as a title Nintendo will show in gamescom, so you may want to lower your hype a tad bit.

Either way, with the challenger approaching banner gone, the hype and wait shall begin...
Oh, and you won't be the only one with a hyper reaction if Ridley is revealed

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Without the challenger approaching banner there, chances are we might see multiple announcements within the same months.

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I don't think we'll see multiple newcomers revealed in the same month, though. I think if they do reveal 2 characters in one month it'll be for some sort of special occasion, like gamescom.

Playable character is too much as others have said for a one time character who plays such a minor role in the series as a hole.
AT, is iffy; her abilities involve contacting other creatures so we might as well just keep the Metroids and other enemies as ATs.
She would be pretty pointless as a boss as well, since her main purpose is commanding other creatures.

Playable character is too much as others have said for a one time character who plays such a minor role in the series as a hole.
AT, is iffy; her abilities involve contacting other creatures so we might as well just keep the Metroids and other enemies as ATs.
She would be pretty pointless as a boss as well, since her main purpose is commanding other creatures.

Playable character is too much as others have said for a one time character who plays such a minor role in the series as a hole.
AT, is iffy; her abilities involve contacting other creatures so we might as well just keep the Metroids and other enemies as ATs.
She would be pretty pointless as a boss as well, since her main purpose is commanding other creatures.

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They could do a weird boss mix with her and Mother Brain

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I could see Mother Brain as a boss, but this MB wouldn't really work. She can summon enemies to her aid which would make a boss fight with her be essentially a "defeat everything on screen battle" as was common in Brawl's SSE.

Playable character is too much as others have said for a one time character who plays such a minor role in the series as a hole.
AT, is iffy; her abilities involve contacting other creatures so we might as well just keep the Metroids and other enemies as ATs.
She would be pretty pointless as a boss as well, since her main purpose is commanding other creatures.

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They could do a weird boss mix with her and Mother Brain

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I could see Mother Brain as a boss, but this MB wouldn't really work. She can summon enemies to her aid which would make a boss fight with her be essentially a "defeat everything on screen battle" as was common in Brawl's SSE.

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Well she was created to be a copy of Mother Brain to control Metroids. So she is kind of Mother Brain.

I could see Mother Brain as a boss, but this MB wouldn't really work. She can summon enemies to her aid which would make a boss fight with her be essentially a "defeat everything on screen battle" as was common in Brawl's SSE.

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Well she was created to be a copy of Mother Brain to control Metroids. So she is kind of Mother Brain.

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Well yes, but my point was that the original Mother Brain has the boss battle where she's just a stationary brain that shoots projectiles and then there's also the more iconic boss battle at the end of Super Metroid where it appears in a full body. The MB of Other M isn't faced at all, nor does she have any notable abilities besides commanding other creatures. You can have an actual boss battle with the original Mother Brain, but with MB you'd just be defeating several enemies. I suppose they have her summon a set number of enemies with each swarm being more difficult than the last, with a pause between each swarm where you can attack her. Between Mother Brain and Melissa Bergman, my point was that Mother Brain would be the better boss, being an actual boss and important (formerly) recurring character.

I could see Mother Brain as a boss, but this MB wouldn't really work. She can summon enemies to her aid which would make a boss fight with her be essentially a "defeat everything on screen battle" as was common in Brawl's SSE.

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Well she was created to be a copy of Mother Brain to control Metroids. So she is kind of Mother Brain.

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Well yes, but my point was that the original Mother Brain has the boss battle where she's just a stationary brain that shoots projectiles and then there's also the more iconic boss battle at the end of Super Metroid where it appears in a full body. The MB of Other M isn't faced at all, nor does she have any notable abilities besides commanding other creatures. You can have an actual boss battle with the original Mother Brain, but with MB you'd just be defeating several enemies. I suppose they have her summon a set number of enemies with each swarm being more difficult than the last, with a pause between each swarm where you can attack her. Between Mother Brain and Melissa Bergman, my point was that Mother Brain would be the better boss, being an actual boss and important (formerly) recurring character.

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Well Mother Brain can be the actual boss battle, and Melissa could be an enemy rush/survival type battle. She commands a large number of enemies as you chase her down. Would be interesting. Just a thought.

Well she was created to be a copy of Mother Brain to control Metroids. So she is kind of Mother Brain.

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Well yes, but my point was that the original Mother Brain has the boss battle where she's just a stationary brain that shoots projectiles and then there's also the more iconic boss battle at the end of Super Metroid where it appears in a full body. The MB of Other M isn't faced at all, nor does she have any notable abilities besides commanding other creatures. You can have an actual boss battle with the original Mother Brain, but with MB you'd just be defeating several enemies. I suppose they have her summon a set number of enemies with each swarm being more difficult than the last, with a pause between each swarm where you can attack her. Between Mother Brain and Melissa Bergman, my point was that Mother Brain would be the better boss, being an actual boss and important (formerly) recurring character.

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Well Mother Brain can be the actual boss battle, and Melissa could be an enemy rush/survival type battle. She commands a large number of enemies as you chase her down. Would be interesting. Just a thought.

Well yes, but my point was that the original Mother Brain has the boss battle where she's just a stationary brain that shoots projectiles and then there's also the more iconic boss battle at the end of Super Metroid where it appears in a full body. The MB of Other M isn't faced at all, nor does she have any notable abilities besides commanding other creatures. You can have an actual boss battle with the original Mother Brain, but with MB you'd just be defeating several enemies. I suppose they have her summon a set number of enemies with each swarm being more difficult than the last, with a pause between each swarm where you can attack her. Between Mother Brain and Melissa Bergman, my point was that Mother Brain would be the better boss, being an actual boss and important (formerly) recurring character.

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Well Mother Brain can be the actual boss battle, and Melissa could be an enemy rush/survival type battle. She commands a large number of enemies as you chase her down. Would be interesting. Just a thought.

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That's more or less what I said XD

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Yeah, I never said she would be a great boss battle. But she would certainly be interesting to have some kind of battle against.

Well she was created to be a copy of Mother Brain to control Metroids. So she is kind of Mother Brain.

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Well yes, but my point was that the original Mother Brain has the boss battle where she's just a stationary brain that shoots projectiles and then there's also the more iconic boss battle at the end of Super Metroid where it appears in a full body. The MB of Other M isn't faced at all, nor does she have any notable abilities besides commanding other creatures. You can have an actual boss battle with the original Mother Brain, but with MB you'd just be defeating several enemies. I suppose they have her summon a set number of enemies with each swarm being more difficult than the last, with a pause between each swarm where you can attack her. Between Mother Brain and Melissa Bergman, my point was that Mother Brain would be the better boss, being an actual boss and important (formerly) recurring character.

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Well Mother Brain can be the actual boss battle, and Melissa could be an enemy rush/survival type battle. She commands a large number of enemies as you chase her down. Would be interesting. Just a thought.

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Why would Sakurai Melissa for an enemy rush type thing? That doesn't really make much sense considering A) she is not an important part of the series in the slightest B) Why wouldn't the enemies rush in themselves (they are enemies) and C) He has literally a ton of better enemies/bosses to choose from

Well she was created to be a copy of Mother Brain to control Metroids. So she is kind of Mother Brain.

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Well yes, but my point was that the original Mother Brain has the boss battle where she's just a stationary brain that shoots projectiles and then there's also the more iconic boss battle at the end of Super Metroid where it appears in a full body. The MB of Other M isn't faced at all, nor does she have any notable abilities besides commanding other creatures. You can have an actual boss battle with the original Mother Brain, but with MB you'd just be defeating several enemies. I suppose they have her summon a set number of enemies with each swarm being more difficult than the last, with a pause between each swarm where you can attack her. Between Mother Brain and Melissa Bergman, my point was that Mother Brain would be the better boss, being an actual boss and important (formerly) recurring character.

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Well Mother Brain can be the actual boss battle, and Melissa could be an enemy rush/survival type battle. She commands a large number of enemies as you chase her down. Would be interesting. Just a thought.

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Why would Sakurai choose Melissa for an enemy rush type thing? That doesn't really make much sense considering A) she is not an important part of the series in the slightest B) Why wouldn't the enemies rush in themselves (they are enemies) and C) He has literally a ton of better enemies/bosses to choose from

Well yes, but my point was that the original Mother Brain has the boss battle where she's just a stationary brain that shoots projectiles and then there's also the more iconic boss battle at the end of Super Metroid where it appears in a full body. The MB of Other M isn't faced at all, nor does she have any notable abilities besides commanding other creatures. You can have an actual boss battle with the original Mother Brain, but with MB you'd just be defeating several enemies. I suppose they have her summon a set number of enemies with each swarm being more difficult than the last, with a pause between each swarm where you can attack her. Between Mother Brain and Melissa Bergman, my point was that Mother Brain would be the better boss, being an actual boss and important (formerly) recurring character.

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Well Mother Brain can be the actual boss battle, and Melissa could be an enemy rush/survival type battle. She commands a large number of enemies as you chase her down. Would be interesting. Just a thought.

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Why would Sakurai choose Melissa for an enemy rush type thing? That doesn't really make much sense considering A) she is not an important part of the series in the slightest B) Why wouldn't the enemies rush in themselves (they are enemies) and C) He has literally a ton of better enemies/bosses to choose from

Kraid should be in this game since Ridley's chances are uncertain. Oh, and...
Size doesn't matter

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We all know which one is more popular... and requested. Kraid can however be a boss.

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I was saying that if Ridley doesn't get in, then Kraid is easily the most logical choice for the next Metroid rep. And no, Kraid can be playable if Sakurai wanted him to be.

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I never said Kraid couldn't be playable I was wondering why Sakurai would pick Kraid over Ridley (who is far more popular as I said). That would be kind of like choosing Toad over Peach. There both important BUT... you can see where I am going here.

We all know which one is more popular... and requested. Kraid can however be a boss.

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I was saying that if Ridley doesn't get in, then Kraid is easily the most logical choice for the next Metroid rep. And no, Kraid can be playable if Sakurai wanted him to be.

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I never said Kraid couldn't be playable I was wondering why Sakurai would pick Kraid over Ridley (who is far more popular as I said). That would be kind of like choosing Toad over Peach. There both important BUT... you can see where I am going here.

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The main point of my post was that Kraid is the 2nd most likely Metroid rep to be added after Ridley. Since the discussion's already taken off on what the new Metroid character should be. I can see Kraid and Ridley being in the same game, but if for some reason Ridley isn't in but they want another Metroid character(hey, it's sakurai), then Kraid is the way to go.

I expected Sakurai to follow up that Stage pic with some kind of ridley confirmation. What a troll

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Just have patience, Sakurai will probably reveal whether Ridley is a stage hazard or a playable character soon. I still think it is entirely viable for Ridley to appear in playable status. Here is why: I noticed that Sakurai never referred to Ridley by name like how he did with Viridi and Cragalance. Also, the caption itself is quite vague. Compare "Will Samus' greatest enemy appear" to "Is that Cragalance I see in the background". The Cragalance thing was a joke (he was referring to DK) but I think you all see what is REALLY going on here. Unlike with Viridi and Cragalance (captions where he talked about the stage and what was going on) it seemed he was teasing something bigger for Ridley. Eiether that or he is trolling us which he knows would be an even bigger slap in the face to Western players due to the pool of "all-stars" significantly lowered. I'm pretty sure he knows what happened for Brawl and it wasn't entirely pretty and he certainly already knows Ridley is a popular choice for Western players.

Gonna say that I think the idea of any other Metroid character getting in over Ridley isn't going to happen. We have the hunters who have been in 1 game, and because the only common argument against Ridley is size and that's why Sakurai doesn't include him Kraid is bigger, Anthony/Adam are non-recurring characters, and the only one with a slight chance is Dark Samus. BUT HEY GAIZ NEW SAMUS CLONE OVER RIDLEY YAY.

I was saying that if Ridley doesn't get in, then Kraid is easily the most logical choice for the next Metroid rep. And no, Kraid can be playable if Sakurai wanted him to be.

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I never said Kraid couldn't be playable I was wondering why Sakurai would pick Kraid over Ridley (who is far more popular as I said). That would be kind of like choosing Toad over Peach. There both important BUT... you can see where I am going here.

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The main point of my post was that Kraid is the 2nd most likely Metroid rep to be added after Ridley. Since the discussion's already taken off on what the new Metroid character should be. I can see Kraid and Ridley being in the same game, but if for some reason Ridley isn't in but they want another Metroid character(hey, it's sakurai), then Kraid is the way to go.

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IF Ridley doesn't get in then yes Kraid would be the obvious choice though I am not sure why so many people keep thinking Ridley is entirely done for. Now that I think about it, wouldn't it just make more sense for Samus to be left alone if Ridley doesn't get in.

EDIT: Weren't you the same one that said you didn't want Ridley sized down because of his size comparison to Samus. But Kraid is even BIGGER in comparison to Samus. This is quite hypocritical of you Kirbyfan. Anyways, Ridley is the second most significant character to Metroid so again it really wouldn't make that much sense choosing Kraid or any other character over him for that matter.

Gonna say that I think the idea of any other Metroid character getting in over Ridley isn't going to happen. We have the hunters who have been in 1 game, and because the only common argument against Ridley is size and that's why Sakurai doesn't include him Kraid is bigger, Anthony/Adam are non-recurring characters, and the only one with a slight chance is Dark Samus. BUT HEY GAIZ NEW SAMUS CLONE OVER RIDLEY YAY.

Gonna say that I think the idea of any other Metroid character getting in over Ridley isn't going to happen. We have the hunters who have been in 1 game, and because the only common argument against Ridley is size and that's why Sakurai doesn't include him Kraid is bigger, Anthony/Adam are non-recurring characters, and the only one with a slight chance is Dark Samus. BUT HEY GAIZ NEW SAMUS CLONE OVER RIDLEY YAY.

I never said Kraid couldn't be playable I was wondering why Sakurai would pick Kraid over Ridley (who is far more popular as I said). That would be kind of like choosing Toad over Peach. There both important BUT... you can see where I am going here.

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The main point of my post was that Kraid is the 2nd most likely Metroid rep to be added after Ridley. Since the discussion's already taken off on what the new Metroid character should be. I can see Kraid and Ridley being in the same game, but if for some reason Ridley isn't in but they want another Metroid character(hey, it's sakurai), then Kraid is the way to go.

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IF Ridley doesn't get in then yes Kraid would be the obvious choice though I am not sure why so many people keep thinking Ridley is entirely done for. Now that I think about it, wouldn't it just make more sense for Samus to be left alone if Ridley doesn't get in.

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It's been explained before, it's because Sakurai was talking about the stage, and not playable characters that people assumed Ridley would be a stage hazard, even the hardcore Ridley fans on Smashboards had that impression. Now Kraid and Samus were alone before, so it's not a problem to have Kraid and Samus as the only Metroid reps.

The main point of my post was that Kraid is the 2nd most likely Metroid rep to be added after Ridley. Since the discussion's already taken off on what the new Metroid character should be. I can see Kraid and Ridley being in the same game, but if for some reason Ridley isn't in but they want another Metroid character(hey, it's sakurai), then Kraid is the way to go.

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IF Ridley doesn't get in then yes Kraid would be the obvious choice though I am not sure why so many people keep thinking Ridley is entirely done for. Now that I think about it, wouldn't it just make more sense for Samus to be left alone if Ridley doesn't get in.

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It's been explained before, it's because Sakurai was talking about the stage, and not playable characters that people assumed Ridley would be a stage hazard, even the hardcore Ridley fans on Smashboards had that impression. Now Kraid and Samus were alone before, so it's not a problem to have Kraid and Samus as the only Metroid reps.

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Not everyone is freaking out. We don't know what Sakurai is talking about in terms of Ridley, and there are still some who think he could be playable.

IF Ridley doesn't get in then yes Kraid would be the obvious choice though I am not sure why so many people keep thinking Ridley is entirely done for. Now that I think about it, wouldn't it just make more sense for Samus to be left alone if Ridley doesn't get in.

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It's been explained before, it's because Sakurai was talking about the stage, and not playable characters that people assumed Ridley would be a stage hazard, even the hardcore Ridley fans on Smashboards had that impression. Now Kraid and Samus were alone before, so it's not a problem to have Kraid and Samus as the only Metroid reps.

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Not everyone is freaking out. We don't know what Sakurai is talking about in terms of Ridley, and there are still some who think he could be playable.

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Mostly everyone is freaked out though, you even mentioned that they were raging. Either way, it should be apparent that yesterday's Miiverse comment had left some negative feelings to the Ridley fanbase as a whole.

It's been explained before, it's because Sakurai was talking about the stage, and not playable characters that people assumed Ridley would be a stage hazard, even the hardcore Ridley fans on Smashboards had that impression. Now Kraid and Samus were alone before, so it's not a problem to have Kraid and Samus as the only Metroid reps.

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Not everyone is freaking out. We don't know what Sakurai is talking about in terms of Ridley, and there are still some who think he could be playable.

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Mostly everyone is freaked out though, you even mentioned that they were raging. Either way, it should be apparent that yesterday's Miiverse comment had left some negative feelings to the Ridley fanbase as a whole.

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It was moreso 1 or 2 people freaking out, but yes, the fanbase has not liked this news. Either way, I think most still have hope, but the fanbase is divided. Probably divided because it's so big